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Uruguay: Central government deficit (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1956–2024 · 61 observations · cgovdef_GDP

2024
−3.34%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
−0.7 pointsfrom −2.66%
Average, 2015–2024
−3.49%10 years
Record high and low
1.08% (1991)low −13.1% (1989)

Central government deficit (% of GDP)

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Percent of GDP

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
2024-3.34
2023-2.66
2022-3.25
2021-4.16
2020-5.83
2019-3.90
2018-3.05
2017-2.75
2016-3.36
2015-2.57

Sources

  • Mitchell1956–1992
  • World Development Indicators1972–2024
  • IMF Government Finance Statistics2001–2024

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Uruguay documentation (PDF)

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Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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